Vicksburg
Daniel Pierson Waring, Jr., loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend passed away Tuesday, September 2, 2014.
He was 94. Born May 14, 1920, to Daniel Pierson Waring, Sr. and Katherine Dornbusch Waring, he was a native and lifelong resident of Vicksburg.
He was the oldest of eight children. After graduating from Carr Central High School in 1938, D.P. entered Mississippi State College. He was a charter member of Sigma Chi Fraternity. He finished college in 1942 with a degree in Business Administration.
After graduation, he entered the Navy as an Ensign in the Supply Corps. He received his training at Harvard. He was later on staff at Cornell University. In 1944 he deployed on a Navy tanker, the Maniponi, until he was discharged as a Lieutenant in June 1946. D.P. served in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters during World War II. After serving his country for four years, D.P. returned home and became a partner in Vicksburg Oil and Gas Company. He was a founding owner of Waring Oil Company and Neill Gas. D.P. was also very active in his community serving on numerous boards and committees including the Chamber of Commerce, the Committee of 100, the Board of Directors of First National Bank of Vicksburg, The Merchants Company, Vicksburg Downtowner Motor Inn, Big River Shipbuilders, River Barges, Inc., South Central Manufacturing Company, Halls Ferry, Inc., Ole Man River Towing and Terminal Warehouse, Inc. He was a lifelong member of Crawford Street United Methodist Church. D.P. was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Betty Jeanne Williams Waring; two brothers, Bobby Waring and Albert Waring and one sister, Betty Aden.....
Services will be Thursday, September 4, 2014, 11:00 a.m. at Crawford Street United Methodist Church with Reverends Cary Stockett and Geoffrey Joiner officiating. Burial will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Visitation will be Wednesday, September 3 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Riles Funeral Home.
Published in Clarion Ledger on Sept. 3, 2014
Daniel Pierson Waring, Jr., loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend passed away Tuesday, September 2, 2014.
He was 94. Born May 14, 1920, to Daniel Pierson Waring, Sr. and Katherine Dornbusch Waring, he was a native and lifelong resident of Vicksburg.
He was the oldest of eight children. After graduating from Carr Central High School in 1938, D.P. entered Mississippi State College. He was a charter member of Sigma Chi Fraternity. He finished college in 1942 with a degree in Business Administration.
After graduation, he entered the Navy as an Ensign in the Supply Corps. He received his training at Harvard. He was later on staff at Cornell University. In 1944 he deployed on a Navy tanker, the Maniponi, until he was discharged as a Lieutenant in June 1946. D.P. served in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters during World War II. After serving his country for four years, D.P. returned home and became a partner in Vicksburg Oil and Gas Company. He was a founding owner of Waring Oil Company and Neill Gas. D.P. was also very active in his community serving on numerous boards and committees including the Chamber of Commerce, the Committee of 100, the Board of Directors of First National Bank of Vicksburg, The Merchants Company, Vicksburg Downtowner Motor Inn, Big River Shipbuilders, River Barges, Inc., South Central Manufacturing Company, Halls Ferry, Inc., Ole Man River Towing and Terminal Warehouse, Inc. He was a lifelong member of Crawford Street United Methodist Church. D.P. was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Betty Jeanne Williams Waring; two brothers, Bobby Waring and Albert Waring and one sister, Betty Aden.....
Services will be Thursday, September 4, 2014, 11:00 a.m. at Crawford Street United Methodist Church with Reverends Cary Stockett and Geoffrey Joiner officiating. Burial will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Visitation will be Wednesday, September 3 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Riles Funeral Home.
Published in Clarion Ledger on Sept. 3, 2014
Vicksburg
Daniel Pierson Waring, Jr., loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend passed away Tuesday, September 2, 2014.
He was 94. Born May 14, 1920, to Daniel Pierson Waring, Sr. and Katherine Dornbusch Waring, he was a native and lifelong resident of Vicksburg.
He was the oldest of eight children. After graduating from Carr Central High School in 1938, D.P. entered Mississippi State College. He was a charter member of Sigma Chi Fraternity. He finished college in 1942 with a degree in Business Administration.
After graduation, he entered the Navy as an Ensign in the Supply Corps. He received his training at Harvard. He was later on staff at Cornell University. In 1944 he deployed on a Navy tanker, the Maniponi, until he was discharged as a Lieutenant in June 1946. D.P. served in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters during World War II. After serving his country for four years, D.P. returned home and became a partner in Vicksburg Oil and Gas Company. He was a founding owner of Waring Oil Company and Neill Gas. D.P. was also very active in his community serving on numerous boards and committees including the Chamber of Commerce, the Committee of 100, the Board of Directors of First National Bank of Vicksburg, The Merchants Company, Vicksburg Downtowner Motor Inn, Big River Shipbuilders, River Barges, Inc., South Central Manufacturing Company, Halls Ferry, Inc., Ole Man River Towing and Terminal Warehouse, Inc. He was a lifelong member of Crawford Street United Methodist Church. D.P. was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Betty Jeanne Williams Waring; two brothers, Bobby Waring and Albert Waring and one sister, Betty Aden.....
Services will be Thursday, September 4, 2014, 11:00 a.m. at Crawford Street United Methodist Church with Reverends Cary Stockett and Geoffrey Joiner officiating. Burial will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Visitation will be Wednesday, September 3 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Riles Funeral Home.
Published in Clarion Ledger on Sept. 3, 2014
Daniel Pierson Waring, Jr., loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend passed away Tuesday, September 2, 2014.
He was 94. Born May 14, 1920, to Daniel Pierson Waring, Sr. and Katherine Dornbusch Waring, he was a native and lifelong resident of Vicksburg.
He was the oldest of eight children. After graduating from Carr Central High School in 1938, D.P. entered Mississippi State College. He was a charter member of Sigma Chi Fraternity. He finished college in 1942 with a degree in Business Administration.
After graduation, he entered the Navy as an Ensign in the Supply Corps. He received his training at Harvard. He was later on staff at Cornell University. In 1944 he deployed on a Navy tanker, the Maniponi, until he was discharged as a Lieutenant in June 1946. D.P. served in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters during World War II. After serving his country for four years, D.P. returned home and became a partner in Vicksburg Oil and Gas Company. He was a founding owner of Waring Oil Company and Neill Gas. D.P. was also very active in his community serving on numerous boards and committees including the Chamber of Commerce, the Committee of 100, the Board of Directors of First National Bank of Vicksburg, The Merchants Company, Vicksburg Downtowner Motor Inn, Big River Shipbuilders, River Barges, Inc., South Central Manufacturing Company, Halls Ferry, Inc., Ole Man River Towing and Terminal Warehouse, Inc. He was a lifelong member of Crawford Street United Methodist Church. D.P. was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Betty Jeanne Williams Waring; two brothers, Bobby Waring and Albert Waring and one sister, Betty Aden.....
Services will be Thursday, September 4, 2014, 11:00 a.m. at Crawford Street United Methodist Church with Reverends Cary Stockett and Geoffrey Joiner officiating. Burial will follow at Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Visitation will be Wednesday, September 3 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Riles Funeral Home.
Published in Clarion Ledger on Sept. 3, 2014
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